Radiator condenser for internal-combustion engines



Nov. 17 1925. 1,562,219

A. c. FOULK RADIATOR CONDENSER FOR INTERNAL CQMBUS TION ENGINES Filed NOV. 11, 1922 1772726 77707 u Zag j Patented Nov. 17, 1925".

UNITED STATES,

ALBERT C. FOULK, OF. DAYTON, OHIO.

RADIATOR CONDENSER son 1mm nner. ooivrnusrron ENGINES.

Application filed November 11, 1922. Serial No. 600,275.

To all whom it may concemtr Be it known that I, ALBERT C. FoULK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator Condensers for Internal-Combustion Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to a cooling system for motor vehicles and more particularly to a radiatorfor such a cooling system which is so designed that the loss of cooling fluid by evaporation therefrom is eliminated.

Considerable difficulty has been experienced in cooling all motors for motor vehicles, due to the fact that the motor operates most efliciently at a temperature which is in excess of that of theboiling point of the cooling fluid employed. For this reason there is a considerable loss of cooling fluid, due to evaporation. Particularly is this true when the cooling medium is diluted with alcohol and other similar anti-freeze solutions.

It is an object of my invention to provide a device in which the vapor from the main cooler of the cooling system passes there from to a condenser where it is reliquefied and its escape from the cooling system there by prevented.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a condenser as is readily adaptable to a radiator or prime cooler as customarily used by motor vehicles.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the accompanying specification and claims and will be disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my do" vice with a portion broken away.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device as shown in Figure 1. 7

Referring with greater particularity to the drawings, 1 is the main radiator r. prime cooler of my cooling system wh1ch is provided with a suitable inlet plpe, 3 an outlet, 2 for connecting the same to the motor in connection with which it is to be used. At 4: there is shown the usual filler cap which is secured to the filler tube P. 5 is the usual overflow pipe and vent from my radiator system. At 6 there is shown the usual cooling tubes which may be of any suitable standard construction.

ports as shown in Figure 1v are located at the lateral edges of the baffle plate. It will be further noted by reference to'Figure 1 that the baffle plate is so designed that the central portion is somewhat high-er than the lateral portion adjacent to the ports for the purpose of draining the cooling medium from the condenser back through the ports 13 and into the header 7. The filler cap hereinbefore discussed is attached to a tube 4 which extends fromthe con-denser and terminates at the baffle plate 12. The usual motor 14; is shown in Figure 2 with a fan 10 connected to said motor by any suitable connecting means 11. From the foregoing my device will be seen to operateeas follows: 7

The cooling medium to be employed is supplied through the filler tube 4 into the head-er 7 until it reaches the level of the ports at the side of the baffle wall. The filler cap is then tightened in the usual ma nner and the device is ready for operation.

When the cooling fluid in the radiator 1 comes to the boiling point the vapors resulting from said, temperatures will pass laterally through the ports 13 into the con .denser 8 where they will be rapidly reliquified and allow-ed to flow down the bafile wall 12, thence through the ports 13 and into the header 7 where they are available 2. In combination in a cooling system I ,v

for internal combustion engines, a radiator assembly comprlsing a prime cooler, upper sloping from the center downwardly toward its lateral edges to permit the drainage of the condensed cooling medium from the condenser into said upper header.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed signature. 7

ALBERT C. FOULK. 

